Recorded Program
In early 2016, ALSC members identified “diversity in children’s literature” as the #1 topic they most wanted to learn about at 2017 ALA annual. To this end, this session provides participants with a framework and recommended guidelines to interpret and apply the new ALSC Competencies in regards to collection development and library programming. Panelists offer tangible, radical, and subversive suggestions that children’s librarians can use to meet the information and literacy needs of diverse children and their caregivers while also promoting social justice, inclusivity, and access.
Meeting Type: Program
Content Area: Transforming: E-Books & Collections
Interests: Children’s Literature, Children’s Services, Young Adult Services, Youth Services
Type of Library: Elementary School, Public, School/Media Center, Student
Sponsors: ALSC
Cost: Included with full conference registration.
Open/Close: Open
Sarah Dahlen
Assistant Professor
St. Catherine University
Jamie Campbell Naidoo
Associate and Foster-EBSCO Endowed Professor
University of Alabama
Edith Campbell
Assistant Education Librarian
Cunningham Memorial Library, Indiana State University
Irania Patterson
Bilingual Specialist Outreach
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library